29 Jun, 2007

Mel Martinez’s Hollow Words

Posted by: Rob Bluey In: Capitol Hill

The chairman of the Republican National Committee, Sen. Mel Martinez, has had a bad month. Between his approval ratings dropping drastically and his ill-fated amnesty bill getting sacked in the Senate, he can’t seem to win. Now he’s lashing out at critics of the amnesty deal.

“The voices of negativity now have a responsibility to come up with an answer,” said the Florida senator, according to the Associated Press. I guess it goes to show that Martinez hasn’t been paying attention. Several weeks ago the Heritage Foundation released a report about what those very next steps should be. And yesterday, after the bill’s collapse, Heritage’s Matt Spalding taped this video.

We’ve laid out the course of action for Martinez. Why doesn’t he stop complaining and read our plan?

1 Response to "Mel Martinez’s Hollow Words"

1 | MarkN

June 29th, 2007 at 8:17 pm

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The Real ID is a loser. The states are already filing suits to stop its implementation. It is a huge unfunded mandate and the answer is - to fund it. How about repeal. Improve the beauracracy? sure. The guest worker program is good. Improve the economies south of the border — good luck. Can you say Chavez. I would say greater border security is a winner but would add border processing. Why not process the newcomers at the border. Second, a massive increase in the number of legal entrants

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